Question-asking practice does not increase prompted question generation on a novel-animal task, nor the content categories of those questions¶

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q3 i? No condition difference in number of questions generated about a novel animal, and no differences in causal, functional, perceptual, or lesson-related question content. → Park 2025

Evidence¶

Park 2025¶

Park, A.T., Colantonio, J., Delgado Reyes, L., Sharp, S.D.S., Koepp, A.E., Bonawitz, E., & Mackey, A.P. (2025). Question asking practice fosters aspects of curiosity in science content in young children. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00384-5

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Post-test quantile regression controlling for age and race found no group difference in questions generated about a novel drongo (QA Mdn = 3 vs L Mdn = 3); content categories also showed no differences (all ps > .2), with no effect sizes printed.

"No condition difference was observed in the novel animal task in which children were prompted to ask questions (Figure 2B, QA: Mdn = 3, L: Mdn = 3, b = -.39, 95% CI [-1.51, .74], t = -.68, p = .5"

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